1.
Nutritional supplement products: does the label information influence purchasing decisions for the physically active
Gary
Gabriels,
Mike
Lambert
Nutrition Journal 2013, 12 :133 (2 October 2013)
Abstract | Provisional PDF
2.
The International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE): design and methods
Peter
T
Katzmarzyk,
Tiago
V
Barreira,
Stephanie
T
Broyles,
Catherine
M
Champagne,
Jean-Philippe
Chaput,
Mikael
Fogelholm,
Gang
Hu,
William
D
Johnson,
Rebecca
Kuriyan,
Anura
Kurpad,
Estelle
V
Lambert,
Carol
Maher,
José
Maia,
Victor
Matsudo,
Tim
Olds,
Vincent
Onywera,
Olga
L
Sarmiento,
Martyn
Standage,
Mark
S
Tremblay,
Catrine
Tudor-Locke,
Pei
Zhao,
Timothy
S
Church
BMC Public Health 2013, 13 :900 (30 September 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
3.
DaGO-Fun: tool for Gene Ontology-based functional analysis using term information content measures
Gaston
K
Mazandu,
Nicola
J
Mulder
BMC Bioinformatics 2013, 14 :284 (25 September 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
4.
Promoting universal financial protection: evidence from seven low- and middle-income countries on factors facilitating or hindering progress
Di
McIntyre,
Michael
K
Ranson,
Bhupinder
K
Aulakh,
Ayako
Honda
Health Research Policy and Systems 2013, 11 :36 (24 September 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF
5.
Condom use and sexuality communication with adults: a study among high school students in South Africa and Tanzania
Francis
Namisi,
Leif
Aarø,
Sylvia
Kaaya,
Hans
E
Onya,
Annegreet
Wubs,
Catherine
Mathews
BMC Public Health 2013, 13 :874 (23 September 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
6.
Problem drinking as a risk factor for tuberculosis:
a propensity score matched analysis of a national
survey
Annibale
Cois,
Rodney
Ehrlich
BMC Public Health 2013, 13 :871 (22 September 2013)
Abstract | Provisional PDF
| PubMed
7.
Correction: “Communicate to vaccinate”: the development of a taxonomy of communication interventions to improve routine childhood vaccination
Natalie
Willis,
Sophie
Hill,
Jessica
Kaufman,
Simon
Lewin,
John
Kis-Rigo,
Sara
De Castro Freire,
Xavier
Bosch-Capblanch,
Claire
Glenton,
Vivian
Lin,
Priscilla
Robinson,
Charles
S
Wiysonge
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013, 13 :37 (18 September 2013)
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8.
Evaluating harm associated with anti-malarial drugs: a survey of methods used by clinical researchers to elicit, assess and record participant-reported adverse events and related data
Elizabeth
N
Allen,
Clare
IR
Chandler,
Nyaradzo
Mandimika,
Cheryl
Pace,
Ushma
Mehta,
Karen
I
Barnes
Malaria Journal 2013, 12 :325 (16 September 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
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Editor’s summary
It is critical to evaluate the safety of anti-malarial drugs being deployed in large, diverse populations. When investigating drug effects, study results are influenced by the methods used to collect, assess, record and report outcomes. This survey compares some of the methods that are used.
9.
DSM-5: a collection of psychiatrist views on the changes, controversies, and future directions
Charles
B
Nemeroff,
Daniel
Weinberger,
Michael
Rutter,
Harriet
L
MacMillan,
Richard
A
Bryant,
Simon
Wessely,
Dan
J
Stein,
Carmine
M
Pariante,
Florian
Seemüller,
Michael
Berk,
Gin
S
Malhi,
Martin
Preisig,
Martin
Brüne,
Paul
Lysaker
BMC Medicine 2013, 11 :202 (12 September 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF
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Editor’s summary
Our Editorial Board Members and their colleagues discuss their personal views on the newly released fifth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), specifically with regard to how it may, or may not, affect their specific areas of psychiatric medicine.
10.
Molecular characterisation of virus in the brains of patients with measles inclusion body encephalitis (MIBE)
Diana
R
Hardie,
Christine
Albertyn,
Jeannine
M
Heckmann,
Heidi
EM
Smuts
Virology Journal 2013, 10 :283 (12 September 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
11.
Mitral valve replacement for rheumatic heart disease in Southern Africa
P
Zilla,
J
Koshy,
J
Brink,
P
Human
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013, 8 (Suppl 1):O294 (11 September 2013)
Full text | PDF
12.
Determine TB-LAM lateral flow urine antigen assay for HIV-associated tuberculosis: recommendations on the design and reporting of clinical studies
Stephen
D
Lawn,
Keertan
Dheda,
Andrew
D
Kerkhoff,
Jonathan
G
Peter,
Susan
Dorman,
Catharina
C
Boehme,
Mark
P
Nicol
BMC Infectious Diseases 2013, 13 :407 (3 September 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
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Editor’s summary
Steve Lawn and colleagues discuss best practice in the design, conduct and interpretation of studies into Determine TB-LAM, a commercially available, lateral-flow urine ‘strip test’ assay, for tuberculosis diagnosis.
13.
Implementing a provider-initiated testing and counselling (PITC) intervention in Cape town, South Africa: a process evaluation using the normalisation process model
Natalie
Leon,
Simon
Lewin,
Catherine
Mathews
Implementation Science 2013, 8 :97 (26 August 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
14.
Inequalities in multimorbidity in South Africa
John Ele-Ojo
Ataguba
International Journal for Equity in Health 2013, 12 :64 (20 August 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
15.
The social determinants of multimorbidity in South Africa
Olufunke
Alaba,
Lumbwe
Chola
International Journal for Equity in Health 2013, 12 :63 (20 August 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
16.
Availability of HIV prevention and treatment services for people who inject drugs: findings from 21 countries
Zaino
Petersen,
Bronwyn
Myers,
Marie-Claire
van Hout,
Andreas
Plüddemann,
Charles
Parry
Harm Reduction Journal 2013, 10 :13 (19 August 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
17.
Resources, attitudes and culture: an understanding of the factors that influence the functioning of accountability mechanisms in primary health care settings
Susan
M
Cleary,
Sassy
Molyneux,
Lucy
Gilson
BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13 :320 (16 August 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
18.
Efavirenz-induced gynecomastia in a prepubertal girl with human immunodeficiency virus infection: a case report
Mette
S
van Ramshorst,
Magdeline
Kekana,
Helen
E
Struthers,
James
A
McIntyre,
Remco
PH
Peters
BMC Pediatrics 2013, 13 :120 (13 August 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
19.
Acceptability of HIV self-testing: a systematic literature review
Janne
Krause,
Friederike
Subklew-Sehume,
Chris
Kenyon,
Robert
Colebunders
BMC Public Health 2013, 13 :735 (8 August 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
20.
Heterozygous p.Asp50Asn mutation in the GJB2 gene in two Cameroonian patients with keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness (KID) syndrome
Ambroise
Wonkam,
Jean
Noubiap,
Jason
Bosch,
Collet
Dandara,
Geneviève
Toure
BMC Medical Genetics 2013, 14 :81 (7 August 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
21.
Comparative assessment of absolute cardiovascular disease risk characterization from non-laboratory-based risk assessment in South African populations
Thomas
A
Gaziano,
Ankur
Pandya,
Krisela
Steyn,
Naomi
Levitt,
Willie
Mollentze,
Gina
Joubert,
Corinna
M
Walsh,
Ayesha
A
Motala,
Annamarie
Kruger,
Aletta
E
Schutte,
Datshana
P
Naidoo,
Dorcas
R
Prakaschandra,
Ria
Laubscher
BMC Medicine 2013, 11 :170 (24 July 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
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Editor’s summary
A non-laboratory based cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk score has similar ranking performance to laboratory-based scores in South African populations, suggesting the score could be used to predict disease risk in countries where laboratory testing is not practical.
22.
Health education interventions to raise awareness of rheumatic fever: a systematic review protocol
Laura
Ramsey,
Lauren
Watkins,
Mark
Engel
Systematic Reviews 2013, 2 :58 (18 July 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
23.
Illegal yet developmentally normative: a descriptive analysis of young, urban adolescents’ dating and sexual behaviour in Cape Town, South Africa
Aník
Gevers,
Cathy
Mathews,
Pam
Cupp,
Marcia
Russell,
Rachel
Jewkes
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013, 13 :31 (10 July 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
24.
Prevalence, comorbidity and predictors of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents in rural north-eastern Uganda
Catherine
Abbo,
Eugene
Kinyanda,
Ruth
B
Kizza,
Jonathan
Levin,
Sheilla
Ndyanabangi,
Dan
J
Stein
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2013, 7 :21 (10 July 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
25.
The proportions of people living with HIV in low and middle-income countries who test tuberculin skin test positive using either a 5 mm or a 10 mm cut-off: a systematic review
Andrew
D
Kerkhoff,
Ankur
Gupta,
Taraz
Samandari,
Stephen
D
Lawn
BMC Infectious Diseases 2013, 13 :307 (8 July 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed